East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Everyone was served a four-course dinner provided by the North High Band Boosters. Then they were treated to a concert of madrigal music, which is from the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. The Chamber Singers also entertained the audience with a play written by Miss Linda Chamberlin, vocal music director. The entire musical even- ing lasted about three hours. Principal Barbara Prior feels that East should continue the Madrigal Dinner as a tradition. Miss Chamber- lin believes that it is a way of present- ing classical music to an audience in a light and entertaining way. It gives the students and the audience a chance to experience classical music. CENTER: Juniors Allen Downey, Joe Leo- nardi and Carol Warren act in a scene from the skit Twilight Zone, a take-off from the old TV series. TOP LEFT: Members of the Royal Court of the Madriagl Dinner entertain their guests with beau- tiful madrigal music. ABOVE: Joe Leonardi por- trays the insane Hollywood agent, Mr. Punjab, who wants to be a rich famous movie star. MADRIGAL DINNER 21

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Play and Madrigal = success! Comedy has been around since the first plays were written in Ancient Greece, and they might be called Comedy Classics. The Drama Department presented a show entitled just that, Comedy Classics, in the fall. The department ' s comedy skits were not as old as ancient Greece, but nevertheless, they were by all means classics . There were such classics as Carol Burnett ' s Eunice skit and the fam- ous Flight 13 to Nowhere. The rest of the show included such skits as Wall Flowers, Tom Snyder Part I and II, Rent a Car and Twilight Zone. The idea came to Ms. Ruth Gaines, head of the Drama Department, from something similar to what the Drama Department did six years ago. She said that people were very responsive 1 ft to the skits and she decided to try them again. As before, they were a hit. Everyone loved the production and some said Comedy Classics was o ne of the best shows the Drama Department has done in a long time. The department made $189, which was used on the spring play, Curtain Going Up. The Chamber Singers started the 1982-3 school year off with a journey into the past. They went back 700 years to a time when kings and queens ruled over great empires and had great castles with knights in shin- ing armor, damsels in distress, and lowly servant girls who would bow to every whim of the royalty. This was the setting of the Chamber Singers ' second annual Madrigal Dinner. This year ' s Madrigal Dinner was a great success! The singers brought a piece of Merrie Ole Eng- land to over 320 people. TOP LEFT: The Hunchback Fool, senior Kendall Quinn, has just tasted Mr. John Phil- lips ' food to make sure it is suitable for his taste buds. 4 ABOVE: Senior Tom Mentzer plays Mickey in the Eunice skit from the fall play, Comedy Classics. The Eunice skit was written by jun- ior Joe Leonardi. 20 FALL PLAY

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Spree welcomes the Big Apple It was a cold snowy night in Des Moines, la. Couples slowly made their way up the icy sidewalk to the building ahead. Opening the door, they stepped into the magic of New York . . . The 1983 Spinster Spree was a huge success. The lobby and cafeteria were transformed into Central Park and Downtown New York. Lampposts lighted the way to the Empire State Building, in front of which pictures were taken of each couple. Dancing under the moon and stars to the music of the group, Last Shades of Dawn, set the mood for the exciting and romantic evening ahead. Highlighting the evening was the crowning of the King, Queen and their court. Senior Kathy Hull was crowned Spinster Spree Queen with senior Mark Callen her King. Lorrie Ginther and Steve Michelsen were elected junior representatives. Soph- omores Heidi Raymond and Joe Sar- gent represented their grade level while Mindy Anderson and Joe Cavil were the freshman representatives. Each couple then danced to New York, New York, the theme of the dance. Revenge and just plain old mischief were on the minds of many as friends, couples, old rivals and even dates were thrown in jail for many dif- ferent offenses. To re-obtain their freedom they had to be bailed out by someone, or spend the required time for their crime, in the slammer. On the more romantic and quiet side of the evening, more than 100 couples were united in holy matrimony. Rings as well as vows were exchanged to express one ' s love. As the night ended and the band stopped playing, one last walk through downtown and Central Park was taken. Memories of the Big Apple, New York, New York, would linger forever . . . LEFT: 1983 SPINSTER SPREE COURT. ROW 1: Mindy Anderson, Joe Cavil. ROW 2: Heidi Raymond, Joe Sargent. ROW3: Lorrie Ginther, Steve Michelsen. ROW 4: Kathy Hull, Mark Callen. ABOVE: Seniors Frank Raymond and Howard Baker get wild and crazy as they do their own dance. TOP RIGHT, page 23: Several couples dance the night away to the music of Last Shades of Dawn. LOWER RIGHT, page 23: Senior Mike Baker pledges his love to jun- ior Linda Smyser as th ey are married. 22 SPINSTER SPREE